Miami Beach is trying to break up with spring break, but it’s not yet clear whether spring break will take the hint. After three consecutive years of spring break violence, Miami Beach officials are implementing monthlong security measures aimed at curbing the chaos, including parking restrictions for non-residents and closing sidewalk cafes on busy weekends. The city has warned visitors to expect curfews, bag searches at the beach, early beach closures, DUI checkpoints, and arrests for drug possession and violence, the AP reports. But business owners in the city’s world-famous South Beach neighborhood are now concerned that they’ll lose money during one of the busiest times of the year, and civil rights advocates say the restrictions are an overreaction to large Black crowds.
Many of the city’s restrictions aren’t new, but in past years, they were instituted as emergency measures during the unofficial holiday—not measures put in place ahead of time. “The status quo and what we’ve seen in the last few years is just not acceptable, not tolerable,” Miami Beach Mayor Steven Meiner said. Meiner said crowds have become unmanageable despite a robust police presence. He said the city, which is situated on a barrier island across the bay from Miami, can only hold so many people, and that capacity has often exceeded what’s safe for both visitors and residents during the break. (See more at the AP, including controversy swirling around the decision.)
Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for hundreds of thousands of Haitians was set to expire at midnight tonight, until a federal judge in Washington, D.C. blocked it Monday evening.
Leaders in Florida said no place would have been impacted more than Miami-Dade County where so many Haitians live and work.
Nancy Mateyer Bowen is the Vice Mayor of Coral Springs and the Florida Democratic Party. She’s a proud Haitian-American, but she said she knows Haiti is not a place people can return to right now.
“Haiti is facing some of the most dangerous conditions in its modern history, worsening gang violence, sexual violence, food insecurity and mass displacement,” she said.
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Together with other party leaders, she said that Tuesday is a day to celebrate. A federal judge blocked the decision to end TPS for Haitians.
Yronel Cabrerra walks with protesters during a candlelight vigil and interfaith prayer at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on Jan. 28, 2026, as airport workers and faith leaders rally calling on the federal government to extend Temporary Protected Status for Haitians. (Al Diaz/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
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“The impacts, specifically in Miami-Dade County and South Florida will be tremendous,” President of the Florida Democratic Party Nikki Fried said. “Not only the ripping apart of our communities, but our small business owners.”
North Miami is home to the largest Haitian community in the United States.
North Miami Mayor Alix Desulme said the streets of North Miami have been noticeably empty. As a Haitian-American, he said he understands why people are afraid.
“The lawlessness, it’s bad so it’s not a situation for any human being,” he said.
And in Little Haiti at Notre Dame D’haiti, Father Reginal Jean said there’s damage already done.
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“There are many people that did quit their jobs,” Father Jean said. “There are many young people from the church who went back to Brazil or Chile, to Haiti. There are many families that decided to go because it’s unbearable for them.”
On Saturday, while visiting Miami, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem addressed TPS saying it was always meant to be temporary, and individuals should look for other programs they qualify for.
There is a candlelight vigil at the Little Haiti Cultural Center at 6 p.m. Tuesday to pray for those living with the uncertainty.
Jackson brothers Jackie and Marlon perform at Miami Heat gala
The annual Miami Heat Gala not only brought out Miami’s basketball elite, but event also brings out legends every year to light up the stage.
This year’s gala entertainment were Marlon Jackson and Jackie Jackson.
Considered a pioneering family on music, brothers Jackie and Marlon were ready to bring that Jackson Heat inside Kaseya Center.
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With four consecutive number one hits, millions of albums sold and millions of fans around the world, the brothers were as excited as ever to be performing for the gala, a night that gives back.
Part of the original Jackson 5, the brothers performance honored their brothers Michael and Tito, as well as their father, the late Joe Jackson.
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MIAMI — A judge ordered a Miami man held without bond on Monday, one day after his arrest on allegations that he punched and kicked a woman seated in her car.
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Authorities said the attack happened just before 7:45 p.m. Sunday near the 1500 block of Douglas Road. The suspect, Milutin Siriski, lives in the area.
An arrest report from the Miami Police Department states that the woman was parked along the sidewalk when Siriski, a 46-year-old born in the former Yugoslavia, walked by the woman’s vehicle and stared at her.
Police said this prompted the woman to ask him “if he had a problem.”
Authorities said Siriski walked back to the woman’s car and punched her through the open window. The report states that he then “opened the driver’s door and kicked her in the stomach and pull(ed) her by the hair while she was still seated inside.”
Amid a struggle, a passerby intervened and pulled Siriski away from the victim, then restrained him until Miami police arrived, authorities said.
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Police said they arrested him without incident.
Records show he was being held in the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center as of Monday morning.
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Chris Gothner joined the Local 10 News team in 2022 as a Digital Journalist.
